Copying and manifold device.



No. 863,480. PATENTED AUG. 13, 1907.

E. M. WOLF.

COPYING AND MANIFOLD DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 14, 1908.

EDWIN M. WOLF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COPYING AND MANIFOLD DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1907.

Application filed November 14,1906. Serial No- 343,435.

To 5111 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN M. WOLF, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Copying and ManifoldingDevices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for holding and adjusting bills,letters, orders, etc. while the same are being copied on a permanent orloose leaf record sheet and is provided with means for holding the looserecord sheet in position on a board while the said bill, letter or.order is also adapted to be held by asliding device which can be movedand adjusted along the board and loose record sheet so that the billsmay berecorded on the loose sheet in consecutive order and closetogether so that there is little or no loss on the sheet which may thenbe bound permanently, or in case of a permanently bound record sheet thedevice provides means for moving the bills along the sheets so that theymay be copied into the record book.

These and other objects of my invention are more fully set forth inthefollowing specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawingswhere it will be seen that like reference characters are used todesignate the'same parts in the seveial'figures:

- Figure 1 is a plan view of my'improved device showing it adaptedto theuse of loose record sheets. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig.3 is an end view.

When it is adapted to use this device for recording bills, letters etc.on loose sheets which are afterwards to be bound into bookform,- asubstantial board is used preferably of wood and provided with cleatsGand having at one side a metal strip 7 with a dove-tailed groove 8. Theboard 5 may he of several'layers of wood the upper layer being about thethickness of the strip .7 whose upper face is flush with the surface ofthe board 5 and hason its outer edge teeth or serrations 9. Sliding onthe top of the plate 7 is a plate 10 havinga tongue 11 which plays inthe groove-8 to retain the plate in a per manent position at the lefthand side of the board. Pivoted in the outer edge of this plate is apawl 12 playing inthe teeth 9 and under tension of thespring 13 andprovided with a knob 14. for removing it from theteeth when necessary.At the top of the board is a clamp 15' provided with the two buttons 16of the common glovefas'tener type and which are adapted to hold thecarbon sheet 17,.while at theright hand'side of the board are studs 18which enter the perforations in the edge of the loose sheet 19. Theslide 10 is also provided with studs 20 to enter perforations in theedge'oi the billhead, letter, or order sheet 21. p

The operation of the device is as follows: The loose sheet is firstplaced on the board 5and its perforations tical on all the sheets sothat when they are eventually bound the binding means will pass throughthe same perforations in all the sheets and the binding is neatlyeffected. On top of the record sheet is placed the carbon sheet 17 beingclasped in position by the fastening buttons 16 and the bill or othersheet to be copied being also provided with perforations is by means ofthem secured to the sliding plate 10 and this plate is then moved oradjusted to any position along the record sheet which may be desired,the plate 10 being locked at the desired point. by means of the pawl 12.It will thus be seen that when a bill has been copied at the top of therecord sheet the next bill may then'be placed on the slide and carriedto a point just below the first record and copied.

In case that it is desired to use this device in a bookthe base isconstructed of sheet metal and the studs 18 are dispensed with, the basebeing then forced into the book and under the sheet so that the latterwill occupy the position of the sheet 19 shown in the drawing. The strip7 will be secured to the sheet metal plate and cleats may be alsoemployed if desired or the flexibility of the base may be a desirablefeature. f

In the construction anduse of this device it is obvione that I mayresort to various changes and modifications of the details of the samewithout departing from the essential features above described andillustrated.

. adjusted on the studsl8. These perforations are iden- What I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters I Patent is: g v

1. A device of the class described comprisiug'a base' hoard havingdevices at one side and at one end to secure respectively a'manifoldsheet and a carbon sheet thereon and also provided at the opposite sidewith a longitudinal plate having rack teeth, a plate slidable on thefirst-men' tioncd plate,.one of said plates having "a longitudinaldovetail groove and the other having a longitudinal dovetail tongueengaging such groove, such slidable plate having means to attach a paperthereto, and a pawl carried by such plate to engage the rack teeth ofthe first-mentioned plate and adjustably secure such slidable plate onthe base board.

21A device of the class described comprising a base board provided .near'one side with projecting studs, fur thcr provided atthe opposite sidewith a longitudinal plate having a longitudinal dove-tail groove andrack teeth, said base board being further provided with a clamp at oneend; a plate slidable on the first mentioned plate; having a dovetailtongue in the groove thereof and further provided with projecting studs,and a pawl carried by said slidable plate forengagement with the teethof the' first named plate. 7

In testimony whereof, I atfix my signature in presence: of twowitnesses. U v

JAMES F. DUHAMEL, H. G. Boss.

